Upcoming Events & Appearances


Join me for readings, book signings, and workshops

March 4, 2026

Zena Sharman: The Power of Queer Families

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM | In-Person
Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, Vancouver, BC

Zena Sharman in conversation with author, podcaster, and academic Hannah McGregor, about her debut memoir, Staying Power. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Iron Dog Books.

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March 12, 2026

Staying Power Official Launch Celebration

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM | In-Person
The HUB at Cowichan Station, Duncan, BC

Zena Sharman in conversation with author, podcaster, and academic Hannah McGregor, about her debut memoir Staying Power. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Volume One Bookstore.

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March 13, 2026

Staying Power Official Launch Celebration

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM | In-Person
Windowseat Books, Nanaimo, BC

Zena Sharman in conversation with author, podcaster, and academic Hannah McGregor, about her debut memoir Staying Power. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Windowseat Books.

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mARCH 25, 2026

Staying Power Official Launch Celebration

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM | In-Person
Perfect Books, Ottawa, ON

Zena Sharman in conversation with a guest author about her debut memoir Staying Power. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Perfect Books.

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March 28, 2026

Staying Power Official Launch Celebration

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | In-Person
Society Clubhouse, Toronto, ON

The official celebration of my debut memoir, featuring a reading, special guests, and a reception, hosted in partnership with the RISE Centre for Queer/Trans Health and the 2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub. Books will be available for purchase and signing from Another Story Bookshop.

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Past events 

2025

  • In All Things a Wisdom: Complexity Theory and Practice for Liberatory Mental Health. With Kai Cheng Thom. Tending the Future of Care, IDHA, June 22, 2025.

  • Honouring Life: Strategies for Providing Equitable and Inclusive End of Life and Bereavement Care for LGBTQ+ Community Members. Sunshine Coast Hospice, March 22, 2025.

2024

  • LGBTQ+ Health Care Praxis: Building More Equitable and Just Futures Today. Montreal Health Ethics Conference Series, McGill University, June 20, 2024.

  • “What is Your Knife and How Are You Using It?”: Holding Power and Creating Change in LGBTQ+ Health.2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub, University of Toronto, May 8, 2024.

  • Creating Change Together: Pathways to Equitable and Inclusive LGBTQ+ Health Care. William E. Petersen, MD DE&I Lecture Series, Allina Health, April 2, 2024.

2023

  • Lineages of Resistance and Survival: Strategies for Navigating and Subverting Health Systems. Queering Care: Crafting Radical 2SLGBTQIA+ Futures Conference, December 1, 2023.

  • Breathing Easier: Equitable & Inclusive Care for LGTBQ+ Communities. Inspiring and Affirmative Care Webinar, Lung Saskatchewan, November 28, 2023.

  • Dreaming Together: Envisioning the Future of LGBTQ+ Health. Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, March 22, 2023.